Applications for 2019 Big Pitch finalists are due Aug. 30.

Now that she has her own space, she says she uses it to promote overall wellness.

“We don’t just talk about cycling,” she said. “We definitely don’t talk about calorie burn. We don’t talk about earning anything because that doesn’t promote wellness. I think that can promote competition and an unhealthy mindset, and that’s not what this space is for.”

Martin started with 17 classes a week, now the studio is up to 22 per week.

For more information on Ignite Cycle–including playlists from the instructors–visit ignitebhm.com.

Sept. 15, 56 years to the day that a bomb killed four little girls— Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley and Carole Robertson— a new interactive museum will open honoring the girls and the chain of events their murders set off in the Civil Rights Movement.